Bottle-holder.



PATENTED JAN. 2a, 1908.

S. SVENSON. BOTTLE HOLDER. APPLIOATION rum) MAY 8, 1907.

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BOTTLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed May 8. 1907. Serial No. 372.595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SVEN SvENsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse andState of WVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in nursing bottle holders and is particularly adapted for use as a baby feeder.

Among the objects of this invention is a device of its kind which is adapted to present the bottle filled with milk in juxtaposition for feeding the child and which can be easily secured to a baby carriage or other suitable support and the nipple of the bottle adjusted to the mouth of the child in any position.

Further objects are simple and inexpensive construction and effectiveness in use.

I11 the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a'detail portion of a baby carriage, showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of my invention; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side view partly in section of the sup port for the holder; Fig. 4 is an end view of a detail portion of said support, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of said support.

In the drawings, A represents a holder for the nursing bottle and B a universal support by which said holder is held in adjusted position on the baby carriage or article of furniture. The holder A is made out of a single piece of wire composed of drawn steel or other suitable material. One end 0 of said wire is substantially straight and the other end looped back to form one side D of a spring jaw, and forward arid back again to form the other side E of said jaw. Between these aws the wire composing said holder is coiled to form a spring F the tendency of which is to close the jaws for the purpose of holding a nursing bottle or other object between them. The wire forming these jaws has a jacket R made of rubber tubing for the purpose of increasing the friction between the holder and the bottle and lessen ing the liability of the bottle slipping from between the jaws.

The universal support B comprises a suitable frame or body G having a slotted opening H in which a pair of grippers I are adapted to impinge against the straight end C of the holder to firmly engage the same. These grippers are set by means of the screw J which is threaded in the frame G and provided with a thumb piece K at its upper end. The portion of the frame G below the lower gripper is provided with a socket L, the lower portion of its inner wall being turned in at M for the purpose of holding a ball N therein, said ball being carried upon abracket O which is adapted to be fastened upon the arm P of the baby carriage or upon any suitable object. The lower gripper impinges against the ball N to hold the frame Gr upon said ball in adjusted position when the screw J is set. The slot H is of sufficient length to permit the grippers to set firmly against the ball and said ball is connected with the bracket 0 by means of a shank Q so that the frame can be turned at any suitable angle and the holder adjusted in any suitable position. It is obvious that the bottle can be moved at any length from the universal support by sliding its end C forward or backward in said support, and said holder turned at substantially any angle to adjust the bottle in position as desired.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the construction which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the parts shown are only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims. I

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class set forth, comprising, in combination a support, and a holder formed by a single piece of wire, one end of which is substantially straight and adapted to be held in adjusted position by said support, and its opposite end looped to form a pair of jaws, and coiled to form a spring tending to draw said aws together.

2. A device of the class set forth, comprising, in combination with an adjustable support, a holder comprising a single piece of wire substantially straight on one end, looped on its opposite end to form jaws and coiled between said jaws to form a spring which tends to draw said jaws together, and a jacket over said jaws, for the purposes specified.

3. A device of the class set forth, com rissingle piece of wire, one end of which is sub stantially straight and its opposite end bent with forwardly directed loops forming a pair of. jaws and coiled to form a contraction spring between said jaws, a pair of grippers adapted to engage the straight portion of said holder, a suitable frame in which said grippers are held, a screw by which said grippers are set in engagement with'said mg, in combination, a holder formed y a' holder, and a ball support socketed in said frame against which said grippers impinge when said screw is set for fixing said support.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 15 name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SVEN SVENSON.

Witnesses:

TOBIAS SvENsoN, L. E. LOGAN. 

